Rosetta's Comet in View
Faint comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P)sweeps past background stars in the constellation Taurus and even fainterdistant galaxies in this telescopic frame from September 7.About 5 years ago,this comet’s 4 kilometer spanning, double-lobed nucleusbecame the final resting place ofrobots from planet Earth,following the completion of the historic Rosetta mission to the comet.After wandering out beyond the orbit of Jupiter,Churyumov-Gerasimenko is now returning along its 6.
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